Sanchez has netted just eight times for Arsenal this season as speculation over his future has intensified.

And the Gunners actually left him out of their squad this past weekend when they suffered a Premier League defeat to Bournemouth.

Spanish football expert Guillem Balague has provided an update on Sanchez moving to United today.

On his YouTube channel, he said: “Alexis Sanchez is another one everybody expects to move to Manchester United.

“And yes of course, that’s because everybody knows Alexis Sanchez wants to go and Arsenal are willing to let him go for £30m to £35m.

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“Not only Manchester United are after the player, but this morning they were still clear favourites to take him.

“As we all know Mino Raiola, the manager of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, is playing hard to get and wants an increase of the wages of Mkhitaryan believed to be around £150,000-a-week and a sign-on fee as well and about £5m of commission for Raiola.

“So that is one to be sorted out soon, not today anyway, no one expects that to be the case.

“But what is interesting is that meanwhile there are two clubs lurking in the shadows waiting to see what happens.

“I know Antonio Conte said he doesn’t believe Chelsea want to go for Alexis Sanchez but of course they are waiting to see what happens.

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“And there is another club who I haven’t mentioned anywhere who are also waiting to see what happens if the difficulties of the swap between Sanchez and Mkhitaryan means the whole thing collapses will be there willing to take Sanchez.